# Pandemic: The Cure

Pandemic: The Cure is a board game for 2–5 players. It plays in 30 minutes and is meant for ages 8 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 3. It is rated 6 out of 10 by 35 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $17.19 (United States).

- **Players:** 2–5 (best with 3)
- **Playing time:** 30 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 8+
- **Complexity:** 2.1 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2014
- **Categories:** Dice, Medical, Environmental
- **Mechanics:** Re-rolling and Locking, Cooperative Game, Solo / Solitaire Game, Point to Point Movement, Variable Player Powers, Push Your Luck, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Tags, Set Collection
- **Ludoya rating:** 6 out of 10, from 35 reviews
- **Owned by:** 90 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 300
- **Unique players:** 176

**Designers:** Matt Leacock

**Artists:** Bernard Bittler, Chris Quilliams, Philippe Guérin

**Publishers:** Z-Man Games

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Games Empire | 57.99 $ | https://gamesempire.com.au/products/pandemic-the-cure |
| Homoludicus Granollers | 50 € | https://homoludicus-granollers.org/pandemic-la-cura |
| Nexus | 9995 kr | https://nexus.is/vara/pandemic-the-cure/ |

## Expansions

- [Pandemic: The Cure – Experimental Meds](https://www.ludoya.com/games/pandemic-the-cure-experimental-meds)
- [Rapid Response System (fan expansion for Pandemic: The Cure)](https://www.ludoya.com/games/rapid-response-system-fan-expansion-for-pandemic-the-cure)

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## Rules questions

### Can I collect a sample directly from a region (take a die off the region) or does it have to be from the Treatment Center?

Collect Sample must take 1 die of an uncured disease from the Treatment Center; if no dice are in the Treatment Center you cannot do this action. (p.4)

### If a disease is already cured, when I Treat do I remove just one die or all dice of that color?

When you treat an infection die of a disease with a known cure, you move ALL infection dice of that color from either your region or the Treatment Center. (p.4)

### What happens when I roll biohazard symbols — do those dice go to the CDC or do they advance the infection rate first? Can I play Events?

For each biohazard result you immediately advance the infection rate syringe 1 space and set those dice aside (they cannot be re-rolled this turn); the rules also note you may play Events in relation to biohazards as described. (p.5)

### During an epidemic, which dice do we take and where do they go?

On an epidemic you take all dice in the Treatment Center plus a number of dice from the bag equal to the new infection rate, roll them, place crosses into the CDC and numbered results into their matching regions, then check for outbreaks starting at region 1 clockwise. (p.5)

### If I try to find a cure and the roll is less than 13, do I lose the samples or keep them? What about dice showing crosses?

If the total is less than 13 you fail and keep the samples on your Role card; any rolled sample dice showing crosses remain samples and are not placed in the CDC. (p.6–7)

### Once we've found a cure, does that stop infections of that color or eradicate it?

Finding a cure does not prevent placing infection dice of that color during infections or epidemics, and there is no eradication mechanic in this game. (p.6)

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/pandemic-the-cure)
- [Pandemic: The Cure in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/pandemic-the-cure)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/150658)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-18. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._